iconography
noun /ˌaɪkəˈnɒɡrəfi/
/ˌaɪkəˈnɑːɡrəfi/
[uncountable]- the use or study of images or symbols in art
图示法;象征手法;图像学 词源early 17th cent. (denoting a drawing or plan): from Greek eikonographia ‘sketch, description’, from eikōn ‘likeness’ + -graphia ‘writing’.